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ESTABLISHED 1880.®®®
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THOMPSON VILIJBrCOJfir., THUESDAY, SEPTEMbEESH 1905.
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IS SFQRB13S & WALLACE 2f; FORBES & WALLACE Vf%w'*6
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3fe£-5»
In the Drapery section we are offering some very
unusual values to start the season. These are all new
of the new styles..
Muslin Curtains
The following, quotations are fully
one-fourth less than equal qualities
regularly sell for.
MU8LTN CURTAINS WITH FIVE
tucks and wide ruffle, at a pair v
89c and
PLAIN HEMMED MUSLIN Rft
Curtains, at a pair OV/C
MUSLIN CURTAINS EITHER PL^IN
or with five tucks, with hem-
-•stitched ruffle, at a pair... . /OC
MUSLIN OTRTAINS WITH FIVE
tucks and hemstitched ruffl\ « „
•4' at a pair cfOO
PLAIN MtJSLIN CURTAINS WITH
hemstitched ruffle, at a pair.
CURTAINS X)F PLAIN. SPOT OR
figured muslin, some with braid in­sertion,
all finished with hem- Qq
stitched ruffle, at a pair UoC
Couch Covers;. •: •
Couch Covers in conventional and
oriental patterns in rich colorings, all
reversible; length three yards, width fiflj
and 6A inohei>i exceptional r*ln«9. at.
95c, $1.25, $150, 12.00, *2.50 and
$3.50.
iPortiferes " * $
All three yardslong T - 'f
ere8 in plain red, green »nd hmwti
eninr\pgri. with frinsre. at ¥2.50, 12.76,
$8, $3.50, $4.50. 16. 15.50 10.60. «
$7.50. v-.... :4 > 910
Portieres in red and terpen combina
tions. with fringe, at $2.78, $8.50 $4,
$4.50 $5. 16.50. . . $7
4 ? - By r i k r y D d f t a i d s d i i j f j f !
map*.-T-w&mm
Copyright, 1806; by R. B. McClare
' in ieveiry village in the land lihereia
a he'erklbi-^ell wbi) lb pitied knd con­demned
In. the samebreath, In 'the
vUiage of GlenVille Jim Peters : wna
the man.-5'lie'; :*ks cbhstitutlohall;?
lazy, wes a toper. from head toheeC
ahd his /wife kiid two djiildren often
Ranted fdr elothek ahd fobft. ' Mr. Pe-had
been struggled with on nu-iiis
occasions. Wom^n had given
hio|. tongue lashings,; aiid nfen' had hint?
ed .i&tar and feathers. He had ,Ween
flkdJw tb felfcntihe ieMp^»^$edge
on twenty different occasions-, 'ray to
"Then the Whole county will be het«
tpsee."
Ahnt Hdnitufh plckedoht the lowest
switdr, danrpeneaber~bimd to keep f
, her-•- hold " good, and then - befcan ' the
j "experiment." Only the: third blow
had fallen when Peters began to ybfi,
but no pause was made until he hAH
received the thrashing of hfa life.
woman had. the will apd the muscle,
and the sprout, from the peach ^ee was
supple and lasting, ^^en aboui thirty-blows
had* been admihist^red Auiiit
Hannah paused. £.w' .
"You see how it works," she siid.
Portieres in red, green and browr,
with velour and tanostrv borders, at
$4.50, $5 $6. >0.50 $7.50 18 50
$10 .$12.60
; MAIN, VERNON and PYNCHON STREETS, :;
SPRINGnELD, - - MASS.
188 Real Pupils
in Attendance at
incorporated.
f on Monday, Sept. 11, 1905. , .
jf £: THIS IS THE SCHOOL WHICH MAKES A SPECIALTY OF EACH
% , H r STUDENT.
t<, Huntsinger's means THOROUGHNESS.
We placed 2,058 graduates and pupils in situations in the 106 months ending
b Sept. 15, 1905.
There is a prepared place for every prepared person.
|iT ,v* ' The community is fairly crowded with opportunities for young men. The im g
p-y-- - portant thing is for you to be prepared to do something. , , ^
V 4 Tuition $l3 per month. You-have absolutely no other expenses^at this school
.^ 'New pupils enter almost daily. :
E. M. HUNT SINGER, Principal, i =
' 30 Asylum St., Hartford.
Be w a r e or
El>OC»
6¥- '
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W~&M
mM Once aman rets bitten he's always shy of the biter. If you've been bit iff
nutter of clothe*, its'a wi»e iddito give a wide berth to the one wto bit you! Tm
with a reputation for making aid keeping friendfc If ydu have been dUappouitea
garments, let the International Tailoring Co. of New York,. Chicago and San Jtartc ;I Sly the antidote of good Workm&ahip/and jguvintefdiaatiafa^ion. ^One sutt frrtn^tteta,
'S yai make you feeTkfndly towards all the world {^general, andput you right in the EV«»
cif your friends. Iboks, you know, are everything;
_ r' See our new Fall and Winter temples and let us take your measure.
«lf« Cuaronum to VUoj* you.
• K,
picgaa^isibreet Thompsonville, Conn.
41-2. mMmz
mmmm
in the C«$I
trtes of the " United States is
difficult arid slow to climb;
tod&ft the story is a different oite.
This difference means success And
prosperity Tor you..;.,
ftim Worth Your WhUo to
IrivomUgmtoM.
WritIff today for our valuabU Booi.
& drixflc; attd Whkd beeb provided with
work many times over, only to show
bis general laziness.
One day when the Woman's Mission
society wajr folding ltr?ii^thl£Jroeet-ing
Aunt Hanna Davis brought up Jim
Peters' case AneW And declared that
gometbing sbould be done. She was
given license to go ahead, and she pro­ceeded
to go over the old beaten trhek.
Jim signld tte pledge, agreed to, stop,
ftpd he tiVen ex^>EtedsJ(l an to
"get religion" and become in time a
deacon of the church. His good retfolu-tiob^
ciarrled Wni along for two weeks,
And tbWhe teft do^n, and he fell hard;
not only that, hut be boasted around
that Aunt Hanna was an easy person
to sdeal witb.r-'.
The good woman JliV' aUut a mfle
.'.•and. you don't seem to. like, it—Will
you ever .whip your wife 'again f
" ^1 wonft dknn&e tlll <r<Ai lrt ^W out
V'wm&lt'-- '•"'%= •**&
, "Oh, you woh'ti Then we'll have"*
little more of it."
Six or eight inore Btingi^cqto yore
enough for ^h,'. on his
THE HAUL,,OF FAME.
Princess Charles of Denmark 16 well
known to aU the^Europeaa dealers! inH
curU>8itieB and n^tlques. ^
Senator Clark of Montana has fk
to diefni^ did ei^t.
loii tb,1:^xpl'6r« %h« hn-
Against his wife' again. He was ^faea
hlEtn'deii a 'third dip^ei* of ^ijie^; and
%hen W rfe^fed it th^ 4teiitd» /caime
tlown wer his back, ahd the w'oman
said; . f •
"YofU've got to leat^i to like the fewt4
of water, and you've got t6 learn here
and now. Your children bad to go
barefoot all last wii^ hfe&^feiLyou
had to have your -whiM^ • "Drink it
down or you'll giet a^othef dusting."
.Jim managed to drink t^e water, and
was £hen asked for hi# promise not to
out of thb' vluatfe,' having a farm of,
ber own and enjoying the life of a.
spinster, and one morning she got up,
to bd told by tho hired ma^n that sdme-body
had robbed the smokehouse over­night.
Jim Petfero the onlj^ . per­son
for ten miles around who> cpuld be
suspected, and wh4^h ther hir^d man
told bis news be addeft ftbat Jim otight
to be arrested and ira hoiise searched
for the plunder! / >£/ ,
"We must not accuse any one with­out'
Evidence," replied A^unt ^iafhnah.
"It ihay have been Jim Peters or it
may have been a dog. I'm rather of
the opinion that ft wis ^a d6£, arid I
beaT' trttp ahd set it in; fridit of thi
smokehouse tonl^it. If a dojg steals
meat once hie' will twice, won'f he?!', ,
"That's what I have heard," observed
the hired man as he started for the
barn tolmnt for the old trlap.
- Aunt Hannah had started in to rer
form Jim Peters in earnest mood, and
'did lirai^ed that ahe Would accom­plish
what others bad failed to do.
When the man backslid she was re­buke
and criticised on all' sides, and,
Althougli she deemed to take it in good
part, she felt something of a spirit of
revenge.
The bear trap was oiled and set, but
it was a week before any game ap­peared.
It was the hired man again,
who brought her news. As he .came
Into the kitchen ^th milk pallft
be qbserved laconically: "
"Well, Mr& davitf, w^ have cauiht
the dog." HV,
"I see," she replied after a look from
t h e w i n d o w . * s » ,
"It's a dog ilhat looks exactly like
Jim Inters." I
«5res3 i'll i«> out
an| ibi& a ii»k. J Wi® |ou
woutd cut ine «tfe4 or f<mri IwltdBes
from a. peach tree before you go. to
work. If you hear the dor ttowlingr
you needn't stop hoeing corn on that
account".. . ,
, The woman lingered, over her break-fia^
t as Ioi& a& Ihe' could, and wWn
she finally donned her sunbonnet and
wandered out to the smokehouse she
had several switches, a pall of water
"Goc^fabnflrfg^lr. ^Ai," she la^
luted when she had: come: to a halt"
"I was looking:/or' jby j^ekldljfe
here last night, dnd I ifrliked lnto tttis
old trap," he said by way of expla-iik
wfe ^eteri^iir
^Abdiit:th6 skftitfastBttal;"*; sV:?,,
"And the children?"
"Hang it, why don't you call Joe up
and tell, him to get me out of this?
leg^K^^^wal^ai^o^^ lm? you
%itll^^ on,^m^^ Impure how
long 1'li -"be laid' up with 'this Jig?'
Mr. Peters," said Attnt Hannah in
•ere softer toneg. ^do you remember
your promises to me?"
."How, am I .going to kpep prfmle^
wh4n fifiii't<f^"l»'ili,M',me?3^u
are a^n^ iiM^tp& fe jpu wouldn't hate
set this trap for me." " T "'
you still loaf around : fcnd- ^^drunk.
It ^
resorted tor Drinlr:'i3iis^::\-'-^:'f3Sjl?$v
She hatidea him <as dipiwr of water,
«n«i be drank about h^. of it. He
was about to, potir the i4tt' oil the
ground when^roi&ifi? !"f
ITknowithaaastrangetastetoyou^
but you'll have to get used to it Don't
wiaste a drop. Here—have some more/'
"I've had a-plenty.
"Btit vrhki am I goih' to' do when a
'feller oiferii te treats ie pTot«Sif^I'.
"Yda a*e fcdtog to ttineihher this,"
tthd replied as' she - gave btin half a
dozen cuts and brought a fresh chorus
of howls.
He promiii^; Hanimhr i;ent
into thrtioui^^tmrmm istftir pgdge.
It was a pled^ embodying! four or five
promises, and after he, bad taken an­other
drink from the dipper Jim put
his ^ame to it., The hired man was
then called up to sign as a witness
and to pry open the jaWs of thie trap,
and Jim wait limping iiway.
That' day marked ah epoch in. Jim
Peters' life. Within: A -weelt he had^
work, . He turned to w^ter like a duck.*
Ete administered ntf odore' thrashings
to bis wife. .In tact, before a year,was
MI.1Mf.wjB seo]|«b of is a sober|i|eady
man,1'and had" credu ai tiie stores for
th!e first tim^ lh his [life. Plenty of
people asked Aunt Hannah how she
did It, and her answer was alike to
all:
"Whfr, I '§6i' Itaf'. 'bear trap and
then tried ah fexperhnehfc"
Traelag BA^LC K; COBBIO* ISYLSS.
, It Is a curious bit of literary ejJjjrelse
to take a common say^ng and trace it
bade to its origin. Take the common
gating, for instance, "All that glitters.
Is ndt gold." It is found' in ittii^ent
literaiube etei^Whei^ ahd: hi 4 dU;en
different foj^s. _Dj^d^ render^ ; it^
"Alii aS they stfy;! 'toit gliiwifii Is not
gold." Spenser, sa^ "trbld all lii hot
that doth golden tfeeth." ;Lydgate has
the same idea in the wetailr, "All Is
not gold that outward sbewetb brt^t."
Chaucer expresses it In somewhat dif­ferent
phcaseoiogy!! Mlddleton has It,
•'All Is not gold that glisteneth," and
Shakespeare says, "AH that glisten* Is
not gold." Go a little farther; bade,
however, and the same, expression is
found Is the monkish collection • of
proverbs, and. there Is noi dpubt if a
classical scholar were to set' to work
with the determination to hunt the
{^oVerb d^ii, „hdi matter how lon^ it
took, he wohld find It in |>atin, Greek
and most other ancient ahd dead;.ian;
jua||8.. It If a natural outgrowth of
sarcasm as applied to fictitious show
and jls no doubt as old as the science
of m^tal WOTkingr
Wp
'$' tS^ir»pping MMrltae M^l'iiiterlu
On the northern coast of Norwajjr the
fishermen get a yearly harvest . from
the whales which stray ftlto the/har-b^
s. At certain locailiies," wherte the
bays, are almost landlocked, l^fty
;stfahd^ "ire erected,'similar to the otter
outlooks on the hotth Picific,^ and
when a school is sighted scores of
boats put out and, by the s&dplb
p^>cess .of ? diving, ;hthiHreds of t&i oil
pndul&t' &etacia'h&are entrapped.
The Faroe, ltilands are famous foil this
metftod of '^haling. One of the {airgest
caMi^ l^er made was |n. Hvarfidrd,
Iceland, where eleven htijbdred were
driven,, ashore;v 1?»e h&cMsh^, ^
whaleS,1 cbhiedoWii tiife Awixtic cbasts'
from tfie north, ^nfou^r Shuliow
water, then, fojldw it a^ng uan|, i*®?
naturally ied^ihto the cul-de-sac Jffrit*.
big. them. Here the boats easily sur­round
and drive the whales In.
^ -A- -V •• - \^ X
lowing stbiy of Oliver ^en-dell
Holmes Was told iwme yeartr' jago
by a phyeldan ^^^T^ ^ In
the Harvard Medical school whetf Dr.
an instructor in- anatomy
r > Jp* |§t
_ )ect frerore-the'.
le^cranlum, and a human.Skull
hand to Jiand, th<
the Mmbers oi'.
•On>
was
l^as
imi6f6r aS)
class tp describe .the prpminence?.; ®av?
ItliS find
dent gave the names and locatlons' df
thte3 Srifictei,^Ui«l' flfiifll^
narrowed down to-one <^>enlng which
i&eci every one.
Dr. Holmes 'wafle^ , for
some • erne - to" dtettBguish-hiiBselfi''^nt
no explanation was advanced. When
all had given it up, the doctor rather
dryly remarkc
Aunt Hannah picked up one of the I made it •
switches-hiid proceeded to lay it over
Jim's should^s In. a vigorous manner;
As it was summer and he had only »
ragged "cotton shirt hqpmp his jback
was speedily remlndedjof hif boyh
days. He readied for the dipper and Jms been published by the geol<
downed a quart of tod ttea iiit tWiifeftiljrof Cali
said: j - « ~ . I It describes"some of the strange monsters
"I say, I; want thl|j
Do you think I'm a ma® of wood or B^d Lands. Among these remarkable
known ihohtttaihS 6t hit stkte. ,r
j: Profeira^ b&eckel
most popular person' on the lecthre
platform ,Iii, Gerniany tpday, and jret
he lay^ no Claims "tp soratory.
Alexander,.p. WiHiams,..wl^o"f^r*s-.
tbe^ "Evaporatinjg. Fpiit King/'^as
just died at his .borne in Stodus, N. Y.
At Chesterfield, England, Jadies
Buxton has succeeded in walking ^2,000
miles in 1,000 coilsecutl^ houra^ km-lng
twenty.^one pounds in weight ~*d\nS
lng the ordeal. f
. The ilaiqikli of Bute of' England majr1
Weitvb^ described its a favorite of ^or-:
tune. He has eleven titles, is a baronet
of Nova Scotia and hereditary keener
of Rothesay castle. a J ^ ,
Major General Adolph voia
man, whbsb el^ity-fifth birthday !oc-.
Mmd rec^htiy,' is one of the oldrat
rethredr offto^s in the Gehhan anhy,
having seV^edt^rom 1837 to 1871." : ^
: Prior tpiAssistant Attorney Genorai
James C. McBcynolds going to ' '
lngton he wa# professor of law ' lh
yanderbilt iinlVersit^, where tfc| lec­tured
on bills and notes and corpora­tions.
* . ^ , "^y^.
Father John of Cronstadt, whose |ex<
traordinary influence over the cxar,
no less than his propa&ahdit a^ai^t |tbe
revolutionaries, continually rousel ,tiie
Ire Of die sed«t coihmittees, is eighty-six
years of age. ; £); gggif |||
King Leopold of Belgium employs
as chauffeur one Marcel, who is a pro­nounced
anarchist. He has bben
warned against the man by ^ife police
of France, Germany and Belgluitf, but
pays no heed to their counsel.
Captain Mathews of Portsmouth,
N. H., lost a vfeSsel on Pebbly beach in
1888. He saved ^what he cohld from
the wreck, btrt ."hawkers" got a\
with everything frat one mast,
the captain toWed: up tile river, and It
is now built into his hoiise in thd ^drm
of plazxa posts.
TURF TOPICS.
Pah Michael, 2:05, Is stepping halves
in 0:51% at Beadvllle. - j *
Dariel will be seen (fk exhibition! on
the half mile tracks In New York ltite.
Lord D^by stffl continues souiad,
and ;41ta I^I>omild:ha8 hopes of get­ting
him to tite races.
•I^rcM a, 2:11%. by
greatly Improved mare;^ince Charley
Dean put the hobbles on her. ,.
-Louise 6., 2K)8^, owned in. Roches­ter,
N. H., Is down with distemper dnd
will not start until late in the season.
Jack Axworthy, 2:15%, has been sjent
home to Pittsburg by Ed Benyon and
the colt will be seen in the matinlek
The Oregon trotter Mack Mack,
2:12%, by McKinn^y, lo^ks like one of
the best things in sight for the 2:12
trots.
Country Jay, 2:10%, is said to . be
troubled with that ailing leg again,
and it would be no surprise to h£ar of
his retirement at any time. : 4
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Highest Hbnors at St. Louis Exposition.
Old-time dairy methods produced a butter that was sometimes
good—more often not. No uniform product was possible.
Twentieth Century creamery science gives the consumer
the perfect butter.
GOLD MEDAL CREAMERY BUTTER is the finest
butter made-—no better butter is possible. The cream is pas
teurized that it may hold no han&ful germ, and every care is
taken, frbm start to finish, that the butter may be uniform in
quality akid always best. Indeed it is so good an air-tight and
odor-propf package is used to protect it, so as to bring all the
500,060 people' in Connecticut are now eating Gold Medal
Butter. Are you one of them ?
Mli ok i DOUGLASS, New Haven and Hartford, Conn.
Pkjsiciaiif and SufctM* Undertakers and DlraeUrs*
FACTS FROM FRANCE.
From Paris . comes the latest news
saying that the modish bride tfofr ex­hibits
her gifts In glass cases.
A statuette of Isis, declared to be of
ahclent Eft&ttiah origin, has been
found burled hnder tiie fduhdatlons of
th£ Paris Bastille.
Since the process of photofer'afihing
upon silk and linen h^is been broi^ght
to such perfection in Jfircincig ihiihy per-eons
have their ^brbatta upon their
lineoL instead of their names or initials.
The portraits are not injured by wash-
In order to. ^ure the ^ppreiien^loii
to death the mayor of Mende, Trance,
telephoned to .the- ;ne*rest, ®rriSon
town tdc a force; of I gendahnes. "A
riot has broken ottt lh the town," he
said, "and th6 police are inabteL to
<jhell It" ^ ;
; §?if'TO BEr^ULAR^
-r. ••"J.'J-i* it'' >•; &
Never worry or whine. , x
^e frtihi^ op&
4.1wayS be rea<
Be j^d ^ ^^ JverylK^y. m
Be self confident bujt not conceited.^
Never mbnopoiize the conversation|.
Tkixi iia'lns to reifiemtter names ifaij
faces. i
Ai^ytflobkon
tilings.
Take a genuine interest In 01
'people. '. . u
Never , criticise or say unkind thihgs
sidei.m!
- er
P.PAftBONS;M.D., - ' iSWS
, ^ . FHTSICIAK. AHD SCROBOK. ^,1'
Besldence and oflloe No. <* Pearl streist,
rhompaonville, Conn. 6fflc6 boors, 8.00 to 0.00
a. m.; 9.00 to 3.00, and 8.00 to 7.80 p. m. Order*
aafcy be left at B. N. Smith's drugstore.
DR. P. W. STREET,
. SUFFIEX.D, CODN.
Office Honrs—1.80 p. m. and 7 p. m.
Dentistry.
B H. THORNTON, D.D.S.
HANSLEY'S BLOCK,
' ThompsonvUle, Conn.
OFFICE HOURS—8.30a.m.to
i 12m: 1.80to bp.m. Evenings 7
' "to 6 p. m., ejcej'i Tuepdajsiand
Thursdays. AppointmeBta cai
be made by teleimone.
*•;,</ Ete.
£BA P."ALT-KN, • a^.v, •
-• TEACHER OB MUSICf "
' Also agent for tbe finest Pianos andi Organt
jold in ,uUs vicinity. Can > refer to scores^of
mrcha8er8. Musical merojiandlse of eyerS de
cription on band, or obtained at short netuo*.
Llndsey^blocktroom 1), ThompsonvUle, Ct.
Miss Enma Louise Parsons,
. » No.. 48 PEARL STREET,
Thompsonville, - Coilkil1
Telephone 85-4.
FEEDEKIC C.
Studio, Boom 4. Mulligan's Block!
THOMPSONYILLS.
Ids. Sheet Music. Self-playera.
#1^ 51.5. 0 . Ti
1'"itt'i
hairjen.
%
'•p -yf Jq $' V ^
Look for the others^
Iron? When I tell jfolksj thatT Ahh|
wnnnah Davis Is pizffll mienn tinixr tp:
set bear traps > for innocent persons
you'll be hauled UD In law." v M % Ghuoline and
Engines,Uario|
gines,Cuttent
Blowers.Ha;
ff goes
90-96 Wifl Stmt, Nit Yort dtjL
m&sm.
NmrbIB
large as^ oo«s, camef like quadrupeds,
and, not the least interesting, the famous
three toed horse. The Velotheritom," or
giant bog, ia a ihonster animal nearly
ten feet long and six or seven feet high.
Three-fourths of the rsmafinrof animals.
fi
dog to«Sfl(wUooir,
'forget injuries,
a.—Success.
. s TURKISH PROVERBS.^
e t9 g#ieig thorns,
tb patience. Sour trapes
sweet and the mulberry leaf sattajj
^ time -.-the' #lse man gets f
ool has grownupchllf'-^"
not,so severe that you are bl
fo^li1 rior so gentle than you are
pled, upon for It ; |:
^ swift :'herse to him whof
.tiie truth, so that as soon. as he";
tiW k hi may ride and escape. |
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^AATTOlfiSEI i!«D
L^PJROIIKSEI^K-AJMUW, >;
OFFICK, "' - ISO KKFIELD hTIllEKT .
( Soutfawest from Post-Ofllce),
jBsrar'isxjP. GoafcTiT-BUSINESS
IN HARTFORD AND,:AS^K«V:
FIELD PiyMPTLY ATTSiNhih TO^p ^ ^
William J, Muilifirfe - --• '• u- :
.Attorney;' ispidj • Coutiwllor-at-LWf,
B6ND8 TSSOED THROUGH THE AMERICAM
SURFETY COMPANY: 2I. .
Office, 5 and 6 Mplli^an Blocl^i ,
Telephone 89-8. iie»lWB*in^|Cbto.
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LINCOLN W. *
Attwtoy«ii4Cooise^at4|l
NOTARY pa»t.»c.. ; A
THOMPSONVILLE C6NNM>;, .
Printersand fablliten.
i} >'•'Stea^fe^rMttit<i|«iant
Mishtfaor Ta» THojarwa^ttM Pam|
Malligan's BlOek, Corner south Main and
.j*± xi.. iiHuara,
UillblERTAKEll and EM BALM EH
' r 45 AND 47 MAIN ST.,
THOUPSONVILLS, . . . C6NN.
I^LEIN, BB0WN & CO.,
° UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING.
80 Main street, ,
Residence, 40 Pearl st,
Telephone connection.
Mlseell sheens.
rjp HOMPSONT1LLE
BARBER SHOP,
84 MAIN STREET. ;
prHair Cutting a Specialty.
WILLIAM F. LAMONT, Proprietor.
^ 6? Successor to A. J; Oiaconia. ' .
TIVOLI BOTTLING WORKS,
^ F THOMPSONVILLE, CONN.,
B. GOLDENTHAL, Manager.
Bottlers, of Gtold Medal Tivoli Beer,
Highland and Hampden Ales and Porters.
Telephone 93-S. Chamberlain's Corner.
WANTED.
500 Farmers
to Repair Their Fences.
r
V-Wire
Arches
for cemetery use. .These inake
a very neat adornment on a
cemetery lot. Plant a hardy
vine to grow over the arch.
Fill the basket occasionally with
cut flowers from your home
garden. -What could be pret­tier
? Better have one at once.
• We sell themv. :
hS&SS
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"'m
u.;.
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filoxaias.
''CWe have some handsome
plants of these that are filled
with buds just ready to open.
Will be Handsome for the next
couple of months. Better §et one
now and have the full good of it.
D. Wm. Brainard
FLORIST,
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Garden stree#,' Thompsonville.
WE HAVE A URGE STOCK
» OF FENCING.
REMEMBER — Commencing
September 1st, our store will close
at 6 p. m. every night except
Saturday.
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Notf is the time to look ahead and
place your order for a Silo|.
0«r Success Slle ,s
i«» seldom equaled and never4 ex-
| celled. Look at some which we
Main St. over; Murphy 's Clothing Store, have erected and ask I he owners
pO IT NOW
If your spending capac­ity
is greater than your
earning capacity, there are
rough seas ahead for you.
Better be systematic—de­posit
your.earaings in this
strong bank and pay bills by
check. It's the only safe
:way #to curtail youiv
spending capacity.
Do it now.
Temporary Location-
39 Pearl Street
hciw tt^ey like our Ladder Front
yith interchangeable doora.
Wocourtinspectfoii,
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ESTABLISHED 1880.®®®
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THOMPSON VILIJBrCOJfir., THUESDAY, SEPTEMbEESH 1905.
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IS SFQRB13S & WALLACE 2f; FORBES & WALLACE Vf%w'*6
Htfil •• 4a»' 'Aiiii/i'SrX • . •*'''
3fe£-5»
In the Drapery section we are offering some very
unusual values to start the season. These are all new
of the new styles..
Muslin Curtains
The following, quotations are fully
one-fourth less than equal qualities
regularly sell for.
MU8LTN CURTAINS WITH FIVE
tucks and wide ruffle, at a pair v
89c and
PLAIN HEMMED MUSLIN Rft
Curtains, at a pair OV/C
MUSLIN CURTAINS EITHER PL^IN
or with five tucks, with hem-
-•stitched ruffle, at a pair... . /OC
MUSLIN OTRTAINS WITH FIVE
tucks and hemstitched ruffl\ « „
•4' at a pair cfOO
PLAIN MtJSLIN CURTAINS WITH
hemstitched ruffle, at a pair.
CURTAINS X)F PLAIN. SPOT OR
figured muslin, some with braid in­sertion,
all finished with hem- Qq
stitched ruffle, at a pair UoC
Couch Covers;. •: •
Couch Covers in conventional and
oriental patterns in rich colorings, all
reversible; length three yards, width fiflj
and 6A inohei>i exceptional r*ln«9. at.
95c, $1.25, $150, 12.00, *2.50 and
$3.50.
iPortiferes " * $
All three yardslong T - 'f
ere8 in plain red, green »nd hmwti
eninr\pgri. with frinsre. at ¥2.50, 12.76,
$8, $3.50, $4.50. 16. 15.50 10.60. «
$7.50. v-.... :4 > 910
Portieres in red and terpen combina
tions. with fringe, at $2.78, $8.50 $4,
$4.50 $5. 16.50. . . $7
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Copyright, 1806; by R. B. McClare
' in ieveiry village in the land lihereia
a he'erklbi-^ell wbi) lb pitied knd con­demned
In. the samebreath, In 'the
vUiage of GlenVille Jim Peters : wna
the man.-5'lie'; :*ks cbhstitutlohall;?
lazy, wes a toper. from head toheeC
ahd his /wife kiid two djiildren often
Ranted fdr elothek ahd fobft. ' Mr. Pe-had
been struggled with on nu-iiis
occasions. Wom^n had given
hio|. tongue lashings,; aiid nfen' had hint?
ed .i&tar and feathers. He had ,Ween
flkdJw tb felfcntihe ieMp^»^$edge
on twenty different occasions-, 'ray to
"Then the Whole county will be het«
tpsee."
Ahnt Hdnitufh plckedoht the lowest
switdr, danrpeneaber~bimd to keep f
, her-•- hold " good, and then - befcan ' the
j "experiment." Only the: third blow
had fallen when Peters began to ybfi,
but no pause was made until he hAH
received the thrashing of hfa life.
woman had. the will apd the muscle,
and the sprout, from the peach ^ee was
supple and lasting, ^^en aboui thirty-blows
had* been admihist^red Auiiit
Hannah paused. £.w' .
"You see how it works," she siid.
Portieres in red, green and browr,
with velour and tanostrv borders, at
$4.50, $5 $6. >0.50 $7.50 18 50
$10 .$12.60
; MAIN, VERNON and PYNCHON STREETS, :;
SPRINGnELD, - - MASS.
188 Real Pupils
in Attendance at
incorporated.
f on Monday, Sept. 11, 1905. , .
jf £: THIS IS THE SCHOOL WHICH MAKES A SPECIALTY OF EACH
% , H r STUDENT.
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mM Once aman rets bitten he's always shy of the biter. If you've been bit iff
nutter of clothe*, its'a wi»e iddito give a wide berth to the one wto bit you! Tm
with a reputation for making aid keeping friendfc If ydu have been dUappouitea
garments, let the International Tailoring Co. of New York,. Chicago and San Jtartc ;I Sly the antidote of good Workm&ahip/and jguvintefdiaatiafa^ion. ^One sutt frrtn^tteta,
'S yai make you feeTkfndly towards all the world {^general, andput you right in the EV«»
cif your friends. Iboks, you know, are everything;
_ r' See our new Fall and Winter temples and let us take your measure.
«lf« Cuaronum to VUoj* you.
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picgaa^isibreet Thompsonville, Conn.
41-2. mMmz
mmmm
in the C«$I
trtes of the " United States is
difficult arid slow to climb;
tod&ft the story is a different oite.
This difference means success And
prosperity Tor you..;.,
ftim Worth Your WhUo to
IrivomUgmtoM.
WritIff today for our valuabU Booi.
& drixflc; attd Whkd beeb provided with
work many times over, only to show
bis general laziness.
One day when the Woman's Mission
society wajr folding ltr?ii^thl£Jroeet-ing
Aunt Hanna Davis brought up Jim
Peters' case AneW And declared that
gometbing sbould be done. She was
given license to go ahead, and she pro­ceeded
to go over the old beaten trhek.
Jim signld tte pledge, agreed to, stop,
ftpd he tiVen ex^>EtedsJ(l an to
"get religion" and become in time a
deacon of the church. His good retfolu-tiob^
ciarrled Wni along for two weeks,
And tbWhe teft do^n, and he fell hard;
not only that, hut be boasted around
that Aunt Hanna was an easy person
to sdeal witb.r-'.
The good woman JliV' aUut a mfle
.'.•and. you don't seem to. like, it—Will
you ever .whip your wife 'again f
" ^1 wonft dknn&e tlll 8itieB and n^tlques. ^
Senator Clark of Montana has fk
to diefni^ did ei^t.
loii tb,1:^xpl'6r« %h« hn-
Against his wife' again. He was ^faea
hlEtn'deii a 'third dip^ei* of ^ijie^; and
%hen W rfe^fed it th^ 4teiitd» /caime
tlown wer his back, ahd the w'oman
said; . f •
"YofU've got to leat^i to like the fewt4
of water, and you've got t6 learn here
and now. Your children bad to go
barefoot all last wii^ hfe&^feiLyou
had to have your -whiM^ • "Drink it
down or you'll giet a^othef dusting."
.Jim managed to drink t^e water, and
was £hen asked for hi# promise not to
out of thb' vluatfe,' having a farm of,
ber own and enjoying the life of a.
spinster, and one morning she got up,
to bd told by tho hired ma^n that sdme-body
had robbed the smokehouse over­night.
Jim Petfero the onlj^ . per­son
for ten miles around who> cpuld be
suspected, and wh4^h ther hir^d man
told bis news be addeft ftbat Jim otight
to be arrested and ira hoiise searched
for the plunder! / >£/ ,
"We must not accuse any one with­out'
Evidence," replied A^unt ^iafhnah.
"It ihay have been Jim Peters or it
may have been a dog. I'm rather of
the opinion that ft wis ^a d6£, arid I
beaT' trttp ahd set it in; fridit of thi
smokehouse tonl^it. If a dojg steals
meat once hie' will twice, won'f he?!', ,
"That's what I have heard," observed
the hired man as he started for the
barn tolmnt for the old trlap.
- Aunt Hannah had started in to rer
form Jim Peters in earnest mood, and
'did lirai^ed that ahe Would accom­plish
what others bad failed to do.
When the man backslid she was re­buke
and criticised on all' sides, and,
Althougli she deemed to take it in good
part, she felt something of a spirit of
revenge.
The bear trap was oiled and set, but
it was a week before any game ap­peared.
It was the hired man again,
who brought her news. As he .came
Into the kitchen ^th milk pallft
be qbserved laconically: "
"Well, Mr& davitf, w^ have cauiht
the dog." HV,
"I see," she replied after a look from
t h e w i n d o w . * s » ,
"It's a dog ilhat looks exactly like
Jim Inters." I
«5res3 i'll i«> out
an| ibi& a ii»k. J Wi® |ou
woutd cut ine «tfe4 or fatin, Greek
and most other ancient ahd dead;.ian;
jua||8.. It If a natural outgrowth of
sarcasm as applied to fictitious show
and jls no doubt as old as the science
of m^tal WOTkingr
Wp
'$' tS^ir»pping MMrltae M^l'iiiterlu
On the northern coast of Norwajjr the
fishermen get a yearly harvest . from
the whales which stray ftlto the/har-b^
s. At certain locailiies," wherte the
bays, are almost landlocked, l^fty
;stfahd^ "ire erected,'similar to the otter
outlooks on the hotth Picific,^ and
when a school is sighted scores of
boats put out and, by the s&dplb
p^>cess .of ? diving, ;hthiHreds of t&i oil
pndul&t' &etacia'h&are entrapped.
The Faroe, ltilands are famous foil this
metftod of '^haling. One of the {airgest
caMi^ l^er made was |n. Hvarfidrd,
Iceland, where eleven htijbdred were
driven,, ashore;v 1?»e h&cMsh^, ^
whaleS,1 cbhiedoWii tiife Awixtic cbasts'
from tfie north, ^nfou^r Shuliow
water, then, fojldw it a^ng uan|, i*®?
naturally ied^ihto the cul-de-sac Jffrit*.
big. them. Here the boats easily sur­round
and drive the whales In.
^ -A- -V •• - \^ X
lowing stbiy of Oliver ^en-dell
Holmes Was told iwme yeartr' jago
by a phyeldan ^^^T^ ^ In
the Harvard Medical school whetf Dr.
an instructor in- anatomy
r > Jp* |§t
_ )ect frerore-the'.
le^cranlum, and a human.Skull
hand to Jiand, th<
the Mmbers oi'.
•On>
was
l^as
imi6f6r aS)
class tp describe .the prpminence?.; ®av?
ItliS find
dent gave the names and locatlons' df
thte3 Srifictei,^Ui«l' flfiifll^
narrowed down to-one enlng which
i&eci every one.
Dr. Holmes 'wafle^ , for
some • erne - to" dtettBguish-hiiBselfi''^nt
no explanation was advanced. When
all had given it up, the doctor rather
dryly remarkc
Aunt Hannah picked up one of the I made it •
switches-hiid proceeded to lay it over
Jim's should^s In. a vigorous manner;
As it was summer and he had only »
ragged "cotton shirt hqpmp his jback
was speedily remlndedjof hif boyh
days. He readied for the dipper and Jms been published by the geol<
downed a quart of tod ttea iiit tWiifeftiljrof Cali
said: j - « ~ . I It describes"some of the strange monsters
"I say, I; want thl|j
Do you think I'm a ma® of wood or B^d Lands. Among these remarkable
known ihohtttaihS 6t hit stkte. ,r
j: Profeira^ b&eckel
most popular person' on the lecthre
platform ,Iii, Gerniany tpday, and jret
he lay^ no Claims "tp soratory.
Alexander,.p. WiHiams,..wl^o"f^r*s-.
tbe^ "Evaporatinjg. Fpiit King/'^as
just died at his .borne in Stodus, N. Y.
At Chesterfield, England, Jadies
Buxton has succeeded in walking ^2,000
miles in 1,000 coilsecutl^ houra^ km-lng
twenty.^one pounds in weight ~*d\nS
lng the ordeal. f
. The ilaiqikli of Bute of' England majr1
Weitvb^ described its a favorite of ^or-:
tune. He has eleven titles, is a baronet
of Nova Scotia and hereditary keener
of Rothesay castle. a J ^ ,
Major General Adolph voia
man, whbsb el^ity-fifth birthday !oc-.
Mmd rec^htiy,' is one of the oldrat
rethredr offto^s in the Gehhan anhy,
having seV^edt^rom 1837 to 1871." : ^
: Prior tpiAssistant Attorney Genorai
James C. McBcynolds going to ' '
lngton he wa# professor of law ' lh
yanderbilt iinlVersit^, where tfc| lec­tured
on bills and notes and corpora­tions.
* . ^ , "^y^.
Father John of Cronstadt, whose |ex<
traordinary influence over the cxar,
no less than his propa&ahdit a^ai^t |tbe
revolutionaries, continually rousel ,tiie
Ire Of die sed«t coihmittees, is eighty-six
years of age. ; £); gggif |||
King Leopold of Belgium employs
as chauffeur one Marcel, who is a pro­nounced
anarchist. He has bben
warned against the man by ^ife police
of France, Germany and Belgluitf, but
pays no heed to their counsel.
Captain Mathews of Portsmouth,
N. H., lost a vfeSsel on Pebbly beach in
1888. He saved ^what he cohld from
the wreck, btrt ."hawkers" got a\
with everything frat one mast,
the captain toWed: up tile river, and It
is now built into his hoiise in thd ^drm
of plazxa posts.
TURF TOPICS.
Pah Michael, 2:05, Is stepping halves
in 0:51% at Beadvllle. - j *
Dariel will be seen (fk exhibition! on
the half mile tracks In New York ltite.
Lord D^by stffl continues souiad,
and ;41ta I^I>omild:ha8 hopes of get­ting
him to tite races.
•I^rcM a, 2:11%. by
greatly Improved mare;^ince Charley
Dean put the hobbles on her. ,.
-Louise 6., 2K)8^, owned in. Roches­ter,
N. H., Is down with distemper dnd
will not start until late in the season.
Jack Axworthy, 2:15%, has been sjent
home to Pittsburg by Ed Benyon and
the colt will be seen in the matinlek
The Oregon trotter Mack Mack,
2:12%, by McKinn^y, lo^ks like one of
the best things in sight for the 2:12
trots.
Country Jay, 2:10%, is said to . be
troubled with that ailing leg again,
and it would be no surprise to h£ar of
his retirement at any time. : 4
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Highest Hbnors at St. Louis Exposition.
Old-time dairy methods produced a butter that was sometimes
good—more often not. No uniform product was possible.
Twentieth Century creamery science gives the consumer
the perfect butter.
GOLD MEDAL CREAMERY BUTTER is the finest
butter made-—no better butter is possible. The cream is pas
teurized that it may hold no han&ful germ, and every care is
taken, frbm start to finish, that the butter may be uniform in
quality akid always best. Indeed it is so good an air-tight and
odor-propf package is used to protect it, so as to bring all the
500,060 people' in Connecticut are now eating Gold Medal
Butter. Are you one of them ?
Mli ok i DOUGLASS, New Haven and Hartford, Conn.
Pkjsiciaiif and SufctM* Undertakers and DlraeUrs*
FACTS FROM FRANCE.
From Paris . comes the latest news
saying that the modish bride tfofr ex­hibits
her gifts In glass cases.
A statuette of Isis, declared to be of
ahclent Eft&ttiah origin, has been
found burled hnder tiie fduhdatlons of
th£ Paris Bastille.
Since the process of photofer'afihing
upon silk and linen h^is been broi^ght
to such perfection in Jfircincig ihiihy per-eons
have their ^brbatta upon their
lineoL instead of their names or initials.
The portraits are not injured by wash-
In order to. ^ure the ^ppreiien^loii
to death the mayor of Mende, Trance,
telephoned to .the- ;ne*rest, ®rriSon
town tdc a force; of I gendahnes. "A
riot has broken ottt lh the town," he
said, "and th6 police are inabteL to
•; &
Never worry or whine. , x
^e frtihi^ op&
4.1wayS be rea<
Be j^d ^ ^^ JverylK^y. m
Be self confident bujt not conceited.^
Never mbnopoiize the conversation|.
Tkixi iia'lns to reifiemtter names ifaij
faces. i
Ai^ytflobkon
tilings.
Take a genuine interest In 01
'people. '. . u
Never , criticise or say unkind thihgs
sidei.m!
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P.PAftBONS;M.D., - ' iSWS
, ^ . FHTSICIAK. AHD SCROBOK. ^,1'
Besldence and oflloe No. refer to scores^of
mrcha8er8. Musical merojiandlse of eyerS de
cription on band, or obtained at short netuo*.
Llndsey^blocktroom 1), ThompsonvUle, Ct.
Miss Enma Louise Parsons,
. » No.. 48 PEARL STREET,
Thompsonville, - Coilkil1
Telephone 85-4.
FEEDEKIC C.
Studio, Boom 4. Mulligan's Block!
THOMPSONYILLS.
Ids. Sheet Music. Self-playera.
#1^ 51.5. 0 . Ti
1'"itt'i
hairjen.
%
'•p -yf Jq $' V ^
Look for the others^
Iron? When I tell jfolksj thatT Ahh|
wnnnah Davis Is pizffll mienn tinixr tp:
set bear traps > for innocent persons
you'll be hauled UD In law." v M % Ghuoline and
Engines,Uario|
gines,Cuttent
Blowers.Ha;
ff goes
90-96 Wifl Stmt, Nit Yort dtjL
m&sm.
NmrbIB
large as^ oo«s, camef like quadrupeds,
and, not the least interesting, the famous
three toed horse. The Velotheritom," or
giant bog, ia a ihonster animal nearly
ten feet long and six or seven feet high.
Three-fourths of the rsmafinrof animals.
fi
dog to«Sfl(wUooir,
'forget injuries,
a.—Success.
. s TURKISH PROVERBS.^
e t9 g#ieig thorns,
tb patience. Sour trapes
sweet and the mulberry leaf sattajj
^ time -.-the' #lse man gets f
ool has grownupchllf'-^"
not,so severe that you are bl
fo^li1 rior so gentle than you are
pled, upon for It ; |:
^ swift :'herse to him whof
.tiie truth, so that as soon. as he";
tiW k hi may ride and escape. |
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^AATTOlfiSEI i!«D
L^PJROIIKSEI^K-AJMUW, >;
OFFICK, "' - ISO KKFIELD hTIllEKT .
( Soutfawest from Post-Ofllce),
jBsrar'isxjP. GoafcTiT-BUSINESS
IN HARTFORD AND,:AS^K«V:
FIELD PiyMPTLY ATTSiNhih TO^p ^ ^
William J, Muilifirfe - --• '• u- :
.Attorney;' ispidj • Coutiwllor-at-LWf,
B6ND8 TSSOED THROUGH THE AMERICAM
SURFETY COMPANY: 2I. .
Office, 5 and 6 Mplli^an Blocl^i ,
Telephone 89-8. iie»lWB*in^|Cbto.
- " ^ —-r
LINCOLN W. *
Attwtoy«ii4Cooise^at4|l
NOTARY pa»t.»c.. ; A
THOMPSONVILLE C6NNM>;, .
Printersand fablliten.
i} >'•'Stea^fe^rMttit.
• MANOTACTUREBi/
BAZAEDVILL^, ODM
NWAIETM*
>K«n& r¥AuiM»j.Oiiaii.'
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